Here is the salary schedule that is in place for the 2023-2024 school year. For those who are not teachers, make sure to pay attention to years 15-24. Frozen. 10 years of the same. There is no longevity pay during these years as well. Someone who has been teaching for 24 years makes the same … Continue reading 10 Frozen Years: The NCGA’s Plan To Eliminate Career Teachers

When the state puts more money into unregulated private school vouchers, increases mandates for public schools, and disregards adequate funding, then you get this. "The Franklin County school board adopted a budget plan last month that moves its school library media coordinators into vacant classroom teaching positions. The district plans to instead staff school libraries … Continue reading Cutting Public School Librarians To Expand Vouchers

In short, many of the people who set policy in Raleigh are banking on the premise that educators in NC are not truly knowledgeable of all the facets of pubic education to really see how matters can be manipulated for special interests. Educators wear many hats, have various undefined expectations, are constantly bombarded with tasks, … Continue reading 10 Things All Educators & Public School Advocates In NC Should Know About Public Education In NC

Still there is no movement on honoring the LEANDRO decision. They are throwing even more money to vouchers. There are accusations of indoctrination and grooming as well as attacks on books taught in schools. And we are still reeling from an unprecedented pandemic which has altered the landscape of education for a time. Plus there … Continue reading It’s Teacher Appreciation Week – You Feeling Appreciated?

North Carolina is one of 6 states that prohibits by law collective bargaining for K-12 public school educators. This is the overall report for North Carolina teacher salaries: Compare that to the national averages. Here are screenshots for all of the states:

“If you’ve been a school teacher for years, you have the immune system of steel because just like healthcare workers, you are around children all day long who aren’t the best at covering their mouth or nose when they sneeze or cough,” Morrow said. “They’re not good at washing their hands after they go to … Continue reading Remember When Michele Morrow Claimed Teachers All Have “Immune System Of Steel” In 2020?

If I am a person running to be the top public education official, I probably better make sure I give a very public (if not fawning) show of gratitude to educators during Teacher Appreciation Week. Michele Morrow is not exempt from this. Here is the video: https://twitter.com/i/status/1787461759277641891 And here is the text: Teachers, You are … Continue reading Listening “Between The Lines” Of Michele Morrow’s “Teacher Appreciation Week” Video

Not surprising if you have been a teacher in North Carolina these last few years. "It said North Carolina’s average teacher salary is $56,559, which is almost $13,000 below the national average.According to the report, teacher salaries nationwide rose an average of 4.1% over the year while North Carolina’s average increased 3.1%."wnct.com $13,000 below the … Continue reading The Average NC Teacher Salary Is $56,559? Here’s Why That’s Shameful And Still Grossly Misleading.

Hui said 1 in 9 teachers left. That's over 10,000 teachers. What Hui refers to in the tweet above and the report he posted for the News & Observer is a sharp increase in teacher attrition given in the DPI’s recent report. That report can be found here. And that report focuses on March of 2022 to March … Continue reading Did You Know That NC Lost 10,000 Teachers Last Year? There’s A Reason.

The GOP-led NC legislature’s 2013 decision to end graduate degree pay bumps for new teachers entering the teaching profession was not only misguided, but another wave in the assault on public education that continues here in the Old North State. And the very person who has influenced more policy on public education since 2013, Sen. … Continue reading Graduate Degrees Do Matter & NC Should Restore Graduate Degree Pay